“HMS’s mission is to help protect the integrity of government sponsored health and human services programs.”

Technological advances and imperatives for greater efficiency are driving the health care revenue cycle evolution.

Information is an organization’s most valuable strategic asset.

Debate no more, sharing electronic patient records upon a valid request is now the law. The industry has six short months (from May 2020) to meet the first compliance milestone.

Join us as we discuss these issues and offer best practices for problem list management.

During this presentation the importance of the connection between health information management and the business office working together to assure compliance with billing rules and regulations will be discussed.

Social determinants of health (SDOH) are the economic and social conditions that influence individual and group differences in health status.

Increasing interest in outpatient clinical documentation improvement (CDI) programs is pervasive throughout the health care community as more and more facilities jump on the bandwagon. With this increasing interest, there is a critical need to insure programs are created, developed and implemented for the right reason, goals, objectives and visions. A

Complex questions often arise regarding consent to treatment and confidentiality of mental health information for minors, especially when minors enter the dependency system.

One method of leadership that can achieve positive effects for both the led and the leader is servant leadership.

Sessions include:

• Information Data Blocking: What does this regulation mean for healthcare entities
• HIE Response to COVID-19
• Healthcare Identity & Health Information Exchange Trends
• Patient Matching Overview and a UPI Discussion

• Cover to cover review and discussion of significant 2021 CPT code additions, deletions, and revisions
• Detailed review of 2021 E/M guideline changes
• Review of applicable guideline additions, deletions, and revisions
• Discuss how documentation requirements may be impacted by 2021 changes

Be sure to join us for the 2021 IPPS Final Rule on-demand webinar presented by Sherri Ward. This Lunch n Learn will provide an overview of the new ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS codes and guidelines going into effect on 10/1.

Curious about how to improve ICD-10-PCS coding skills? ICD-10-PCS Coding Quality Audit Opportunities provides an insider’s view on specific areas for boosting coding accuracy.

Learn more about coding telehealth services.

Webinar

2021 ICD-10-CM & PCS Updates and Work-Life Balance Reimagined

Ms. Youmans will be presenting an overview of the ICD-10 updates from the October 1st, 2020 release.

Effective January 1, 2021, Medicare will adopt major changes for office-based Evaluation and Management (E/M) services aimed at reducing physician burden, simplifying documentation requirements, and making changes to payments for the E/M codes.

Review of the 2021 E & M Coding changes which begins January 1, 2021.